DAVID MABUZA has confirmed his resignation as Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa in order to make way for the newly elected ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
Mabuza said President Cyril Ramaphosa has already accepted his resignation, adding that he will be making the announcement soon during his much-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle in the next coming days.
Mabuza, who has been absent from several ANC and government gatherings since December, was speaking at his brother’s funeral service in Mpumalanga.
At the party’s 55th elective conference held in Nasrec, Johannesburg, Mabuza declined a nomination from the floor for another term as the Deputy President of the ANC.
“I have told the President [Cyril Ramaphosa] that I am opening the way for the one who was elected by conference as ANC Deputy President. I see he [Mashatile] is moving quite quickly, and so, I am also in a hurry to quit
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